The above photograph was taken from an online
auction of Kedem Auction House, Ltd., in Israel: http://kedem-auctions.com/en/home.It is only one of many wonderful items which
can be seen and obtained from auctions.

This particular auction house has many items of a
Jewish religious nature and one of the items I found was related to Rabbi Dov
Ber (Bernard) Abramowitz, grandfather of Rabbi Dr. Abram Sachar, which I was
able to send a copy of to his descendants:

What a wonderful momento of their ancestor who was
known for his erudition as well as being one of the founders of the U.S. Rabbis
Association which was attested to by the letter at the auction.

Upon providing the letter to the Sachar family, I
received the following photo back from them of Rabbi Abramowitz which is quite
historical in itself:

I also found on the Kedem site that there were
numerous other references to individuals who served in St. Louis, Missouri, in
rabbinical capacities such as Rabbi Abramowitz had.Amongst these were:Rabbi Menachem Tzvi Eichenstein, Rabbi
Ya-akov Ha-Cohen Flakser, Rabbi Chaim Herschenson, Rabbi Zechariah Yosef
Rosenfeld, Ga’on Rabbi Binjamin Trachtman and Rabbi Shalom Elchanan Yaffe.

Many of these references contained photographs and
descriptions.These had mentions of
others in the community which would be of interest to family researchers of the
town.

Another great photo on the auction site was one taken
of the Lithuanian and Libyan contingents who made up part of the 1,350 total
participants in 18 sports at the opening ceremonies of the Second Maccabiah,
Tel Aviv, April, 1935.In this case, the
photo was even signed by the photographer Ephraim Erde (1905-1987).

Not only
are photographs and documents available online, but artistic works are also
shown such as a collection of works by well-known Lithuanian-born artist Shmuel
Rozin, who was born 1926, in Kaunas, and was a graduate of the Leningrad Art
Academy.

Included
is the piece above which features one of the artist’s works about the war and
reflects his wonderful talents in the woodcut genre.

The
Kedem site is just one of many online auction portals which are a rich source
of materials for items of a Jewish nature.It is helpful to every once in a while to check out these sites to see what
is being put on offer.It may lead you
to a family document or photograph or possibly information about the town they
came from.